Fastening for watch-bows



(No Model.)

P. G.PAXON.

FASTENING FOR WATCH BOWS.

No. 399,861. Patented Mar. 19, 1889.

INVE'NTOR:

WIQNESSESQQ 2oz N. PETER UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK GEORGE FAXON, OF MOUNT MORRIS, NEIY YORK.

FASTENING FOR WATCH-BOWS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,861, dated March19, 1889. Application filed August 15, 1888- Serial No. 282,790. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK GEORGE FAXON, of Mount Morris, in the countyof Livingston and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in IVatch Bows and Pendants, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a front elevation of my improved watch how and pendant. Fig.2 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail side elevationof the bow. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the nut for holding the parts ofthe pendant together; and Figs. 5 and 6 represent in section,respectively, the upper and lower parts of the pendant.

The object of my invent-ion is to provide a pendant and bowfor watchesin which thebearing of the bow and pendant will be adjustable, and inwhich the bow will be held in such a manner as to render it impossibleto accidentally detach it from the pendant.

My invention consists in the combination, with a pendant formed of twoparts and provided with spheroidal or spherical cavities, of a bowprovided with spherical or spheroidal ends, the parts of the pendantbeing adjustable to take up wear, all as hereinafter more fullydescribed.

The pendant is formed of the parts A B, the part A being provided with asleeve, g, over which the part B is fitted, the divisionline of thepartsA and B being on a plane at right angles to the axis of thependant. In the adjacent surfaces of the parts A andB atdiametrically-opposite sides of the axial line of the pendant are formedspheroidal cavities f, in which are fitted the spheroidal ends 0 of thebow C, said spheroidal ends being separated from the bow by necks c ofsmaller diameter than the bow. The part A of the pendant is providedwith a rinnj, to which the periphery of the part I is fitted, so that 1I the space between the said parts A B will be invisible.

The part B is counterbored in its upper surface to receive the nut D,which screws upon the threaded end of the sleeve g. The pendant isprovided with the usual winding-stem, H, which passes through the sleeve9 and through the part A. Vhen the bow 0 becomes loosened, it mayreadily be tightened, after removing the winding-stem H, by turning downthe nut D.

It is obvious that in lieu of the spheroidal ends I may employ sphericalor even cylindrical ends, and therefore I do not confine myself to theexact form and arrangement hereinbefore described.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with a watch-bow, of adivided pendant, between whose members the ends of the bow are clampedand which are relatively adjustable to bring them into closer relation,substantially as described.

2. The combination of the bow having headed ends, and thehorizontally-divided pendant whose members are relatively adjustable tobring them in closer relation for taking up wear, substantially asdescribed.

3. The combination of the part A, provided with the sleeve 9 andcavities f, the part B, fitted to the sleeve 9 and provided with thecavities f, the nut D, screwed on the end of the sleeve g, and the bow0, provided with the spheroidal ends 0, substantially as described.

4. The combination of the part A,provided with the sleeve g andcavitiesf, and the rim 7', the part B, fitted to the sleeve 9 andprovided with the cavities f, the nut D, screwed on the end of thesleeve 9, and the bow C, provided with the spheroidal ends 0,substantially as described.

FRANK GEORGE FAXON.

Witnesses:

HENRY S. AnEs, FRANK X. DE CAMP.

